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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825017703321

Autore

Urista Diane <1957->

Titolo

The moving body in the aural skills classroom : a eurhythmics based approach / / Diane Urista

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-061976-7

0-19-971698-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

781.4/24

Soggetti

Ear training

Eurythmics

Movement education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Purpose. Why the moving body in the aural skills classroom? -- Healing the mind-body split in college music training -- Rhythms from the body -- What is the kinesthetic sense or traditional vs. embodied approach? -- Musical affect and expressive performance -- 2. Methodology. Experience before analysis -- Spiral of learning -- Sensation before conceptualization -- Internalization and automatisms -- Improvisation : cultivating one's physiological evidence -- Reflective stillness : movement is not an end in itself -- 3. Getting started (notes to the instructor). Pedagogical tips -- Chapter 1 : Basics -- Chapter 2 : Warm ups -- Chapter 3 : Rhythm -- Chapter 4 : Pitch, scale, and melody -- Chapter 5 : Harmony -- Chapter 6 : Phrase, forms, plastique animáee.

Sommario/riassunto

The Moving Body in the Aural Skills Classroom-influenced by Dalcroze-Eurhythmics-is a practical guide for college instructors and students interested in integrating the moving body into the aural skills classroom. The book presents movement exercises for teaching rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and formal concepts to encourage a dynamic link between musical training and artistic performance.